Rail-fastener for cement ties for railroads.



F. J. WEIGHT &a D. E. HANSON. EAIL FAS'IENER FORGEMBNT ms ron RAILROADS.

APPLIOATION FILBD MAY 21, 1908:

Patented Dec. 8, 1908 UNITED 'STATES rgENT OFFICE.

FRED J. WRI GHT AND DAVID E. HANSON, OF NEENAH, WISCON SIN.

RAIL-FASTENER FOR CEMZENT 'mis FOR RAILROADS.

No. 9o5,972.

Speciflcaton of Letters Petent.

Patented De'c. 8, 1908.

Application filed May 21, 1908. Seril No. 484,.

porting the rail, to the manner of retaining the rail within the chairand to the manner of securing the chair upon the tie, and consists of achair of peculiar construction, having bolt holes therein, spaced apartfor receving each a bolt, two bolt holes corresponding With those of thechair near each end of the tie, the pairs spaced apart the necessarydistance for suiting the gage of the `track, each of the bolt holes inthe tie being lined with a piece of pipeof a length equal to thethickness of the tie and of a i bore adapted 'to receive the bolt to beused for securing the chair to the`tie, said bolt being provided withthe usual head and :i nut, the bolt being inserted from the lower sideof the tie and provided with' a Washer of suflicient diameter forcovering the end of said pipe and a large area of the tie around saidpipe, and the objects of our nventon are, first, to provide a bolt holethrough the tie which is adapted to receive a close fittng bolt, second,to provide a chair for supporti'g'a rail which is adapted for bengSecured to a cement, or other mineral composition tie, and our imrovements are shown in the accom'panying rawing, in which.-

Figur-e 1 is a plan showing one end portion of a cenent tie with ourimproved c. air upon it. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section vertically, ofan end porton of a cement te, showing its chair receiving' boltholes'therein, and a side elevation of the chair bolted to the tie, andbolts and washers, a rail in section being held in position upon thechair.

Fig. 3 is a sde clevation of a tie, upon a reduced scale, with the tworails of a track secured in position in the chairs and the chairssecured to the tie. I

Similar numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

1, indicates a tie, formed of cement or other plastic material;- towhich, as a plastie material tie, we make no claim, as they are not anew invention. aparfi, holes for receiving bolts are 'formed in themaking of the tie by inserting pieces of At suitable distances I in oneboss transversely of the char adapted tubing 3, and packing :thematerial of the tie tightly around them while in a plastic state. Thesetubes "should have such a diameter of bore as will permit the bolts topass through them easily, but with a close fit, and should be space'dapart for correspondin with the bolt: holes 4 in the chairs 5, and a so,for suiting the age of thetrack. The chairs are to be forme of castmetal of a suitable dimension and have a seat 6 for y i receiving a rail7, by forming bosses, 8 and 9, one each side of the rail seat, the boss8 having a groove 10, for receivi'ng one fiange 11, of the rail, and theboss 9, a dove tail shaped groove 12, for receiving a keeper 13, thekeeper extending out over the fiange 14 of the rail, and servingthe samepurpose as the projeeting lip 15, over the groove 10, thatis, the keeper13 and lip 15, serve to retain the rail within its seat. i

The keeper 13 consists of a flat surfaced rectangular piece of metal' ofa uniform thickness on longitudinal lines, one edge being-thicker thanthe other and being adapted to be inserted easily into the dove tailgroove v 12 by an endwise movement, and is retained theren by means of aspring, or cotterpin,

16, one outside of the boss at each end of the i keeper. These keepersare to be placed, preferably, outside of the rails. The chairs areSecured in'position by bolts 2, one at each end of the chair, each bolthaving a large Washer 17, under its head 18, the Washer hearing on thetie around the tubin and the bolts bein' provided with nuts 19, whichmay be a loc ;ing nut or have a pinch nut With it, and a Washer 20, uponthe upper side of the chair.

21, is a cushioning piece of Wood, or other *non-metallic material,which is placed between the tie and chair for relieving the tie in aslight measure of the jar incident to the passage of-a train of carsalong the rails.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, s,

passage of a bolt through the same formed,

'throu h the tie by the insertion of a tube for to receive one edge ofthe rail tlange, a dove ,A rail fastener for a plastic material tie, iconsisting of the conbination of the tie with a plu rality of boltholesadapted for the tail shaped groove in the other boss, transbelowthe tie, a Washer bearing u on a lar Versely of the cha ir outside ofthe othered 'e area of sui-face of the tie aroun each bo t of theflange, a keeper adaptd 'to fit sed hole between a head and the tie; anut upon 15 last named groove and to be inserted therein each bolt forclampin the chair downward, by slidng it endwise through said dove, aand a non-metallic cus ioning piece between pin in each end of thekeeper fer ts retenthe chair and tie.

to in its' groove, said keeper extendin v F J WEIGHT e last named fiageed e, a bolt hole in each from its boss toward the rail'and over s'ai sI DAVID HANSON end' of the chair, a bolt passin through each witnesses:I of said bolt holes and throug a tube Iined !JOHN P. SHmLLs',

. bolt hole in thetie, e head' upon each bolt F'. E. BALLISTER.

